COURT NIXES PlAINT FIlED BY CONGRESS lEADERS
Indore: A local court on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by Congress leaders against senior journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik on the issue of his controversial meeting with terrorist Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in Pakistan.The complaint filed by Congress' local unit secretaries Vivek Khandelwal and Mohan Kasera was dismissed by judicial magistrate VV Sharma.After considering the evidences submitted by the complainants, the court came to the conclusion that no case of treason or inciting armymen to revolt can be made against Vaidik. The complainants' advocate Ashish Shrivastava said that his clients would appeal against the court's decision.The Congress leaders submitted newspaper clippings and video footages of Vaidik's statement as proof. The duo had complained that Vaidik had met the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind without informing the government of India and also gave a highly condemnable statement in an interview to a Pakistani news channel on the issue of Kashmir's freedom.They had urged the court to register a case against Vaidik under section 124 (A) (Treason) and section 132 (inciting army to revolt) in this regard.
DIVIDEND CHEQUE PRESENTED TO CHOUHAN
Bhopal: Manganese Ore India limited presented a cheque of Rs 2.24 crore dividend to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Wednesday. MOIl’s CMD GP Kundargi presented the cheque to the Chief Minister. Union Minister of Steel, Mines, labour and Employment Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Secretary Mining Anup Pujari, Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa and MOIl’s Director Anil Kumar Jha were also present on the occasion.It is noteworthy that MOIl, which boasts of status of Mini Ratna under Union Steel Ministry is doing mining work in Balaghat district in which Madhya Pradesh government has 3.81 per cent share. MOIl had given interim dividend of Rs 2.56 crore for year 2013-14. Thus, total Rs 4.80 crore dividend has been given to the state government.
CM CONGRATUlATES MARY KOM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has congratulated India’s ace boxer MC Mary Kom on winning gold medal in Asian Games.Expressing happiness over the victory, Chouhan said that daughters of India are second to none. It is noteworthy that May Kom has won gold medal in 52 kg category in Asian Games.